--- genius-1.0.24/configure.ac
+++ genius-1.0.24/configure.ac
@@ -63,14 +63,7 @@
 AC_PATH_PROG(GLIB_GENMARSHAL, glib-genmarshal)
 
 dnl Check for termcap
-AC_CHECK_LIB(termcap, tgetent,[TERMCAP_LIB="-ltermcap"],
-	     [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent,
-                           [TERMCAP_LIB="-lncurses"
-                            AC_DEFINE(USE_NCURSES,[1], [Use ncurses library])
-                            AC_CHECK_HEADER(ncurses/curses.h, [
-					    AC_DEFINE(INC_NCURSES,[1],[ncurses include])])], [
-			   AC_MSG_ERROR(Termcap library not found)])])
-AC_SUBST(TERMCAP_LIB)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(TERMCAP, ncurses,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(Termcap library not found)])
 
 dnl Check for readline
 AC_CHECK_LIB(readline,readline, [READLINE_LIB="-lreadline"],